For years, more ham-fisted printer manufacturers have waged a not-so-subtle war on consumers by blocking the ability to use cheaper, third-party printer cartridges. HP and Canon have both been part…
  • @bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
    4•3 days ago

    Ah, that’s fair on the old firmware bit, I hadn’t heard about that. I have a Brother laser printer, but it’s locked down on my network for phoning home.

      • @bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
        2•3 days ago

        I didn’t block a domain, I restricted the printer’s MAC from WAN access in my router’s firewall. I can still access it from any device on my network, but it just can’t phone home or search for firmware updates.